The most beautiful churches in Russia: masterpieces of Russian architecture

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl

Author: unknown

Architectural style: Russian style

Date of construction: 1158 (1165)

Location: Vladimir region, Suzdal district, Bogolyubovo village.

How it is currently used: a functioning temple and museum exhibition of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve

The most poetic temple in Russia is located in the middle of water meadows, on the banks of the Nerl River, not far from the place where it flows into the Klyazma. The Church of the Intercession rises above the space like a snow-white candle, reflected in the river, and during sunset it turns into a soft pink light. It is often called the swan temple.

The white stone Church of the Intercession on the Nerl was built on a man-made hill by Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky, next to his residence Bogolyubovo. It is one of the few monuments of the pre-Mongol period and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Architecture

The monumental building is made in the Russian-Byzantine style using modern techniques of Orthodox temple architecture. The stone facades are decorated with numerous carved reliefs and covered with metal sheets, skillfully decorated with patina. Bronze sculptural groups are organically intertwined with the image of a warrior-defender.

The cathedral stands on 435 15-meter stilts. The porch steps and ramps are cast from melted down captured Wehrmacht military equipment with the addition of cast iron.

Lower Temple, © Irina Dementieva

The church is divided into two tiers. In the upper temple there are 4 chapels - the prophet Elijah, the Great Martyr Barbara, Andrew the First-Created and Alexander Nevsky. A three-level bell tower is attached to the temple from the west. The author of the project is the architect D. Smirnov.

The complex occupies an area of 11 thousand square meters. m. It can simultaneously accommodate up to 6 thousand people. Dimensions of the building in plan:

length - 97.6 m;
width - 65.4 m.

Domes

The temple is crowned with gilded domes - central, 4 corner and bell. The largest one was erected over the middle cross in November 2019, its weight is 80 tons, and its size in plan and height is 12 m each. The mass of others is 34 tons each. A month later, Orthodox crosses made in monumental style were installed on all 6 domes Russian style and decorated with enamel inserts.

Bells

The belfry contains 18 bells weighing from 8 kg to 10 tons and a total weight of 20 tons. They were cast at the Voronezh Industrial Casting Plant according to specially designed bas-relief sketches. On the main bell - the “evangelist” - important events of the Second World War are symbolically depicted, and on each of the other 17 there are emblems of different branches of the military, as well as their corresponding heavenly patrons.

The Main Church of the Armed Forces in the Moscow region found its “voice” on August 23, 2022, when those present at the solemn ceremony of consecrating the bells heard the ringing of the “evangelist.”

Symbols

Several important dates and numbers are encrypted in the building of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ.

75 m (75 years of Victory) - the height of the bell tower.
1418 cm (1418 days of WWII) - the height of the small dome.
1945 cm (1945 Victory) - the diameter of the light lantern of the main dome.
8 windows (the Act of Unconditional Surrender was signed on May 8) - the number of openings on the main light drum.
22.43 m (22:43 hours - time of signing the Act) - diameter of the central dome.

The height of the temple - 96 m - is associated with the year of birth of Prince Vladimir (presumably 956–58), who converted to Christianity and baptized Rus'.

Inside the temple: Google panorama

Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye

Author: Italian Petrok Maly

Date of construction: 1532

Where is it located: Moscow, Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve, prosp. Andropova, 39, building 1.

How it is currently used: services are held on major church holidays; on other days you can visit by purchasing a museum ticket.

The snow-white Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye is the first stone tented church, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Built by order of Vasily III in the village of Kolomenskoye near Moscow, possibly in honor of the birth of Ivan the Terrible.

The temple on the banks of the Moscow River amazes with the height of its tent reaching into the sky. The height of the church is 62 meters, the tent is 28 meters. Three high covered Renaissance porches lead to the gallery of the Ascension Church, where panoramic views of the Moscow River open.

Under the Church of the Ascension there is a basement in which, according to legend, the disappeared library of Ivan the Terrible (Liberia), brought to Russia by Sophia Paleolog, was kept. Now in the basement there is a permanent museum exhibition “Secrets of the Church of the Ascension”.

Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir

The majestic Orthodox church is located on the Cathedral Square of the city. In addition to its religious purpose, this building is an architectural monument of white stone architecture, which flourished in Rus' in pre-Mongol times. It was the Vladimir Cathedral that became the prototype for Fioravanti when designing the Assumption Cathedral, located on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin. The Vladimir temple houses works by the famous artist Andrei Rublev and other famous masters.

St. Basil's Cathedral

Author: Barma and Postnik (Postnik Yakovlev)

Date of construction: 1561

Location: Moscow, Red Square.

How it is currently used: a branch of the State Historical Museum, sometimes religious services are held.

The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Moat, better known as St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square, is the most famous architectural monument of Russian architecture and a symbol of Russia and Moscow. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The temple was built near the Kremlin wall at the behest of Ivan the Terrible in honor of the conquest of the Kazan Khanate. Nine churches and a bell tower on a single base - a high basement made of white stone, are connected by galleries and look like a common temple. The central pillar-shaped church, topped with a tent, is named in honor of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She gave the name to the entire temple. Later, a winter church was built over the grave of the popular holy fool St. Basil the Blessed. His name passed on to the entire church complex.

Why do churches have black domes?

The traditional color of church domes is gold. Green is also a common color. But black? The church with black domes in Moscow is no exception to the rule. Black domes are found on several Moscow churches.

Old Believer Church (Moscow, Turchaninov Lane)

In particular, the Old Believer Church (Turchaninov Lane), the Church of the Deposition of the Robe (Donskaya St.), the Cathedral of Donskoy Monastery, the cathedrals of Pokrovsky Monastery. (it contains the relics of Matrona of Moscow), etc.

Cathedral of the Intercession Monastery in Moscow

The mystery of the black color in the color of the domes has not yet been solved. 1st version attributes the black domes to monastic symbolism, asceticism, severity, grief for Christ.

Another version gives preference to the affiliation of the architects and builders of the temples with Masonic lodges.

Church of the Intercession in Fili

Author: unknown

Architectural style: Naryshkin style

Date of construction: 1694

Location: Moscow, Novozavodskaya st., 6.

Current use: active church

The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fili was built by Peter the Great’s uncle, Lev Kirillovich Naryshkin. It was this church that became an example of the Naryshkin style in architecture, which is the link between the architecture of old patriarchal Moscow and the new style - Peter the Great's Baroque. The most beautiful churches in Russia were built based on the image of the temple in Fili.

According to legend, the church was erected in honor of the accidental rescue of Lev Naryshkin during the Streltsy riot of 1682. Then two older brothers were brutally killed, Lev Kirillovich was hidden by his sister, Tsarina Natalya Kirillovna, in the women's quarters, where he prayed before the image of the Savior Not Made by Hands. Surviving, he made a vow to build a temple and fulfilled his promise by dismantling the old wooden temple in Fili and laying a new stone one.

The two-story church has two altars: the upper one is a summer church in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands, the lower one is a winter church in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. Peter I visited the temple several times; he donated stained glass windows to the church.

Orthodox churches: history and everyday life

The history of Orthodox churches began with the Baptism of Rus' and its adoption of the Orthodox faith in 988.

The oldest church, according to archaeological finds, is the Church of the Tithes (989-996) in Kyiv (then the territory of Rus'). It was destroyed by the Tatar-Mongols, namely by the troops of Batu during the capture of Kyiv.

The oldest temple is St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, which has survived to this day. This unique monument even today bears the stamp of the atmosphere of the past and gives believers strength and hope for the eternity of Orthodoxy, embodied in stone.

In the North Caucasus there are 3 temples, more ancient than the Church of the Tithes, they date back to the early-mid 10th century. But whether they should be considered Orthodox is a controversial issue even for historians.

Southern Temple in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz

This is the so-called Northern, Middle and Southern temples in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz.

Church of the Sign in Dubrovitsy

Author: unknown

Architectural style: Golitsyn Baroque

Date of construction: 1704

Location: Moscow region, Podolsk, pos. Dubrovitsy, house 45.

Current use: active church

The Church of the Sign in Dubrovitsy, made of white stone, is located on a high cape formed by the confluence of the Desna and Pakhra rivers. The church amazes with the abundance of sculptures and carvings with plant motifs. Instead of the traditional dome there is a gilded crown.

The temple was erected by Peter I's tutor Boris Golitsyn in his Dubrovitsy estate. There is a version that the Western style in which the church was built, alien to Russian culture, was chosen by Golitsyn to please the Tsar. Peter, as you know, hated everything natively Russian, a clear confirmation of this is the St. Petersburg he created with typically Western architecture.

Patriarch Adrian did not give permission to consecrate the temple. The church was consecrated after his death in the presence of Peter I and his son Alexei.

Pool construction

Later, in 1958, during the reign of Nikita Khrushchev, a giant outdoor swimming pool, the largest in the world, with hot water and a diameter of 129 meters, was erected on the same site. The Moscow pool existed until 1994, when the site on which it was located returned to the ownership of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Transfiguration Church, Kizhi

Author: unknown

Date of construction: 1714

Location: Republic of Karelia, Medvezhyegorsky district, Kizhi island

Current use: 40-year extensive restoration completed/

The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord on the island of Kizhi is considered the pinnacle of wooden Russian architecture. The aerial church, 37 meters high, was erected on the shores of Lake Onega. The Church of the Transfiguration was built from pine, topped with 22 domes, covered with aspen tiles - ploughshare.

The Transfiguration Church is part of the Kizhi Pogost architectural ensemble and is the pearl of Kizhi. In 1990 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Resurrection Cathedral of the New Jerusalem Monastery

The temple was built in the 17th century. Initially, the cathedral was designed as an exact copy of the Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulcher, but during the construction process many details were changed. The temple turned out not to be a repetition of the prototype, but an artistic alteration of it. It consists of several structures. In the central part there is the temple itself, on its western side there is a high rotunda tent with a chapel, and on the east there is the Church of Constantine and Helena.

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Podmoklovo

Authors: Lorenz von Fikin, Andrey Schultz, Ivan Afanasyev Zimin

Architectural style: Golitsyn Baroque

Date of construction: 1722

Location: Moscow region, Serpukhov urban district, Podmoklovo village.

Current use: active church

Another unusual church for Russia - the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the village of Podmoklovo is made in the Italian style - in the form of a rotunda. The temple is decorated with a sixteen-span arcade with statues of the apostles and evangelists installed on it.

The temple in the village of Podmoklovo near Moscow on the banks of the Oka River was built by Prince Grigory Dolgoruky, married to the cousin of Prince Golitsyn, who built the Church of the Sign in Dubrovitsy. Motives from the Church of the Sign can be found in the rotunda church.

Church of the Resurrection, Foros

It is located in Crimea, near the village of Foros, at an altitude of more than 400 meters. It was built in honor of the rescue of Emperor Alexander II and his family from a train accident that happened in 1888. The initiator of the construction was the merchant Alexander Kuznetsov. The Foros temple is clearly visible from the sea and often served as a landmark for sailors and fishermen during heavy fogs and storms.

Vladimir Church in Bykovo

Author: Vasily Bazhenov

Architectural style: pseudo-Gothic

Date of construction: 1789

Location: Moscow region, Ramensky district, rural settlement Vereiskoye, Bykovo village, Kolkhoznaya street

Current use: active temple

The romantic white-stone Vladimir Church in the form of an oval was built by the owner of the Bykovo estate, Mikhail Izmailov, in memory of his deceased wife Maria Naryshkina. Two external curved staircases and symmetrical bell towers with pointed arches on the sides of the central facade make the church unusual and memorable.

Opening hours of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

The temple is usually open from 8am to 6pm, although it usually closes later in the summer. Please note that visitation restrictions may apply during holidays and religious services.

This cathedral is the ideal place if you want to attend an Orthodox religious ceremony.

Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg

Author: Andrey Nikiforovich Voronikhin

Date of construction: 1801

Where is located: St. Petersburg, Kazanskaya Square, 2.

Currently used: Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Kazan Cathedral was built to store a copy of the icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, but became a monument to Russian military glory in the Patriotic War of 1812. In 1813, Mikhail Kutuzov was buried in the cathedral; military trophies were kept here - French banners and standards, keys to fortresses and cities.

The Kazan Cathedral was built by decree of Emperor Paul based on St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican, construction was carried out already under Alexander I. A grandiose colonnade in the form of a semicircle of 96 columns 13 meters high became the decoration of Nevsky Prospect. A high dome hovers above the rows of columns at a height of 70 meters. The majestic temple is decorated with relief panels, stone carvings, bas-reliefs and statues on the facades of the cathedral.

The most unusual Orthodox shrines with photos:

Church of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubrovitsy

The only temple in the country whose roof is decorated not with a traditional dome, but with a crown. The church itself has little to do with Russian architecture, especially from ancient times. It was built in the Rococo style, with rich stucco and stone statues.

In 1931, the bell tower of the temple was blown up, which even survived the invasion of Napoleonic troops who settled inside the building.

Initially, the temple “spoke” in Latin, but Metropolitan Philaret ordered the inscriptions to be replaced with Church Slavonic ones. In 2004, when the building was restored, all the inscriptions were again in Latin.

The church is open from 9.00 to 17.00.

Website:

dubrovitsy-hram.ru

Church of the Sign on the map:

Church of the Burning Bush Dyatkovo

For its crystal iconostases, this church was called another wonder of the world. The building was built by order of Maltsov, the owner of the local crystal production. This was in 1810. The decoration of the temple was decorated with luxurious crystal elements: iconostasis, candlesticks.

The temple was destroyed, a small part of the crystal relics was preserved and transported to the Dyatkovo museum. In the early 90s, the church was restored; according to two-hundred-year-old drawings, local craftsmen blew out decoration details from glass and crystal. Several tons of crystal melted with lead were required to restore the iconostasis.

The inside of the temple looks great. It is both icy and colorful. Due to the placed mirrors, which create the effect of a rainbow glow.

Website:

hpnk.cerkov.ru

Temple in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God map:

Temple in a carriage Nizhny Novgorod

The peculiarity of this place is that the temple itself is located in a real train carriage. This is temporary, and believers are waiting for the construction of a white stone shrine.

It all started with the presentation of a railway carriage to the local diocese. It was decided to make a temple out of it: they built an entrance with steps, installed a dome and christened it. This was in 2005.

People call it “blue carriages” in the manner of a children's song. There are other similar shrines in the carriages. But this one is considered the most famous.

Temple in honor of the Sovereign Icon of the Mother of God Map:

Kostomarovsky Spassky Convent photo and description

This monastery is located in a cave, due to its unusual design, it seems that the bell tower is hanging in the air.

From the outside the temple and the cave itself do not seem large, but inside it is quite spacious. Capacity – 2,000 people.

This is where the famous “cave of repentance” is located. It is a long corridor of 220 meters, which goes underground and at the end narrows so that a person bends towards the ground. Once upon a time, sinners were sent here so that they could “think about their behavior.”

Even now, visitors to this place are not taken to the end of the cave, but are left to finish the journey alone.

Cave temples are open on weekdays from 9.00 to 17.00 and on holidays and weekends from 10.30 to 16.00.

Website:

kostomarovo.ru

Kostomarovsky Spassky Convent Map:

Trinity Church Kulich and Easter in St. Petersburg

On the initiative of A.A. Vyazemsky built a small temple in the style of traditional dishes for the bright holiday of Easter. And the residents of St. Petersburg did not miss the chance to come up with their own name for the church - “Kulich and Easter”.

The interior space seems much wider and larger than the outside due to the play of light. There is a baptistery below and bells ring above. The walls are thicker towards the bottom. On the outside of the belfry there are painted dials showing different times.

Admiral A.V. was baptized in this place. Kolchak.

You can visit Trinity Church on Monday from 8.30 to 15.00; on all other days, entrance is open from 8.30 to 19.30.

Website:

kulicheater.com

“Kulich and Easter” on the map:

Russian temples photos with names and descriptions will help you choose the most popular, beautiful and interesting shrines. Although, any Russian temple has its own centuries-old history, decoration, and each of them is important and unique in its own way. Together they create the Orthodox heritage of a great country.

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Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg

Author: Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli

Architectural style: Elizabethan Baroque

Date of construction: 1748-1835

Where is: St. Petersburg, Rastrelli Square, 1

Current use: active temple.

The magnificent Smolny Cathedral began to be built by order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. According to legend, she wanted to abdicate the throne in favor of her nephew and heir to the throne, Peter Fedorovich, and retire to a monastery. The project of the monastery was entrusted to the architect Rastrelli and in 1748 construction of the cathedral began on an unprecedented scale. In 1756, the Seven Years' War began and construction was suspended. Elizabeth died, Rastrelli left Russia, and the almost finished cathedral was forgotten.

But then Nicholas I decided to complete the construction of the temple and in 1835 it was finally completely built. Rastrelli's grandiose plan was not fully realized: a huge bell tower 140 meters high, which was supposed to become the architectural dominant of the monastery, was not built, and many decorative details and interiors were also not completed. Despite this, the heavenly-colored Smolny Cathedral with graceful domes is a stunningly beautiful and unique architectural design of the great Rastrelli.

Belated pattern making in the Ivanovo region

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The bell tower and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in the village of Voskresensky, Lezhnevsky district, Ivanovo region. 2003 © Pobedinsky V.S. / “Temples of Russia”

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Church of the Resurrection of Christ. 1903 Sobory.ru

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Church of the Resurrection of Christ. 2016 © / CC BY-SA 4.0

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The Church of the Resurrection of Christ and the Church of St. Nicholas (in the foreground on the right). 2022 © "Yandex.Maps"

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Platbands of the second light on the southern facade of the church. 2008 © Architeuthis / Sobory.ru

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Church of the Resurrection of Christ. 2010 © Irina Andreeva / Sobory.ru

The seventeenth century can be represented by a building that in fact dates back to the time of Peter the Great, but, as was the case in the provinces, built in the best traditions of the previous era. Construction of the church in the village of Voskresensky (the estate of the Prozorovsky princes) in the Ivanovo region began in 1713. The temple has a wonderful patterned decor made of hewn brick and a huge two-story refectory, reminiscent of rich Moscow chambers. The five-domed building was destroyed in the late 1930s, the rest of the building was overgrown with trees and noticeably destroyed. The parish has so far only had enough strength to restore a small warm church and the head of the bell tower located next door.

Another building of the same era perishes near Ulyanovsk - this is the so-called Kanadeyskaya Tower. Its origin is mysterious: either it was part of the Bolshaya Zasechnaya Line - a belt of fortifications that repelled the raids of the Crimean Tatars, or it was a tent-roofed chapel of the early 18th century. In the 1970s, the tower, in which collective farm grain was stored during Soviet times, began to collapse. Now a third of the monument remains.

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg

Author: Alfred Parland and Archimandrite Ignatius (Malyshev).

Date of construction: 1907

Location: St. Petersburg, emb. Canal Griboyedov, 2A.

How it is currently used: services are held in the temple, at the same time it houses a museum. Website: cathedral.ru

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg was built on the site of the fatal wound of Alexander II. It was here that the People's Volunteers threw a bomb at the emperor twice in 1881. The first bomb did not reach its target, but killed and wounded bystanders and Cossacks accompanying the sovereign, the second one mortally wounded. Alexander was taken to the Winter Palace, where he died from loss of blood a few hours later.

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood was built by order of Alexander III, the son of the murdered man, in a distinctly ancient Russian style, because, unlike Peter I, he hated everything Western. A monumental temple with painted domes, similar to St. Basil's Cathedral, rises in the city center among buildings in the classicist style. Despite the external beauty of the Savior on Spilled Blood, inside it is even more dazzling - its walls are decorated with mosaic panels created from drawings by famous artists (Vasnetsov, Nesterov).

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Madrasah Muhammadiyah
Mezmay
Place of Lermontov's duel
Metro St. Petersburg
Bulgar Mosque
Mosque in St. Petersburg
Kul Sharif Mosque
Marjani Mosque
Mosque "Heart of Chechnya
Miskhor
Michael the Archangel Monastery
Mikhailovsky Palace
Mikhailovsky Castle
Mikhailovsky Theater
Mogochino
Surb Khach Monastery
Monino
Laptev sea
Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kronstadt
Moscow River
Moscow City
Moscow station
Moscow House of Photography
Moscow Zoo
Moscow Kremlin
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Moscow Nikulin Circus
Moscow Metro
Millennium Bridge in Kazan
Marble Cave
Marble Palace
Marble Canyon Ruskeala
Museum "Tula Gingerbread"
Anna Akhmatova Museum
Museum of Architecture and Life of the Peoples of the Volga Region
Bulgakov Museum in Moscow
Permafrost Museum
Water Museum
Museum of Gabdulla Tukay
Museum of Sin
Museum of the Decembrists in Irkutsk
Museum of Wooden Architecture in Kostroma
Museum of Wooden Architecture in Suzdal
Dostoevsky Museum in St. Petersburg
Yesenin Museum in Moscow
Zoshchenko Museum
Museum of History and Reconstruction of Moscow
Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
Kalashnikov Museum in Izhevsk
Bell Museum
Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow
Kuznechnaya Sloboda Museum
Lomonosov Museum
Mayakovsky Museum
Museum Music and Time
Mouse Museum
Nabokov Museum
Pastila Museum in Kolomna
Museum of Political History of Russia
Saidashev Museum
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art
Suvorov Museum
Museum of Theater and Musical Art
Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology
Point G Museum
Museum of Shchurovo ancient settlement
Amber Museum
Pushkin Dacha Museum
Diorama Museum Battle of Kursk
Blok Museum-Apartment
Museum-apartment of Rimsky-Korsakov
Panorama Museum "Battle of Stalingrad"
Derzhavin Estate Museum
Ostafyevo Estate Museum
Murom Historical and Art Museum
Murom Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Cape Dezhnev
Cape Sarych
Myskhako

Stepan Razin Embankment
National village in Orenburg
National Museum of the Republic of Karelia
National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan
Ugra National Park
Bashkiria National Park
Call of the Tiger National Park
Zyuratkul National Park
Taganay National Park
Yugyd Va National Park
Nebug
Nevyansk Tower
Necropolis of the Demidovs
Nerpinarium in Irkutsk
Boring Garden
Nizhny Novgorod Fair
Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
Nikitskaya Church in Vladimir
Nikitsky Botanical Garden
Nikola-Lenivets
Nikolaevka
Nikolaevsky triumphal gates
Nikolaevsky Palace
Nikolo-Embankment Church
St. Nicholas Cathedral
Nilova Pustyn
Novgorod Kremlin
Novodevichy Convent
Novomikhailovsky
Novosibirsk Zoo
Novospassky Monastery
Nugush Reservoir

ABOUT

Obvodny Canal
Lake Argazi
Lake Baikal
Lake Ilmen
Swan Lake
Lake Manych-Gudilo
Lake Nero
Lake Proval
Sandal Lake
Lake Senezh
Lake Smolino
Lake Turgoyak
Lake Uvs-Nur
Lake Uvildy
Oymyakon
Oceanarium in Moscow
Oceanarium in St. Petersburg
Oceanarium in Sochi
Sochi Olympic Park
Olginka
Onega embankment
Lake Onega
Optina Pustyn
Orda Cave
Orenburg Reserve
Armouries
Ostankino Tower
Valaam Island
Olkhon Island
Russky Island
Okhotny Ryad
Sea of Okhotsk

Venus Pavilion
Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery
Paleontological Museum
Monument to White Bim
Monument to the water supply
Monument to Vysotsky in Moscow
Monument to Griboyedov in Moscow
Monument to Catherine II
Monument to Yesenin in Moscow
Monument to Prince Vladimir in Belgorod
Monument to the kitten from Lizyukova Street
Monument to Krylov in Moscow
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky
Monument to Pushkin in Moscow
Monument to the Millennium of Russia
Monument to Yuri Dolgoruky in Moscow
Panticapaeum
Zaryadye Park
Amusement park "Sochi Park"
Gorky Park
Dinosaur Park in Bashkiria
Park Menagerie
Muzeon Art Park
Park of culture and recreation in Petrozavodsk
Peace Park in Kolomna
Monrepos Park
Olenyi Ruchii Park
Victory Park in St. Petersburg
Bird Park "Sparrows"
Park "Riviera
Russian North Park
Sokolniki Park
Sunny Island Park
Southern Cultures Park
Parthenite
Patriarch's Ponds
Peredelkino
Peremilovskaya height
Peresyp
Petrovskaya embankment
Petrovsky passage
Petrovsky Travel Palace
Petroglyphs of Karelia
Peter-Pavel's Fortress
Peter and Paul Cathedral in Kazan
Pehra-Yakovlevskoe
Pechora Sea
Cave Emine-Bair-Khosar
Cave city Chufut-Kale
Caves of Syana
Planetarium in Moscow
Planetarium of Novosibirsk
Lake Pleshcheyevo
Dam
Plyakho
Fire Tower
Poklonnaya Gora
Intercession Monastery in Moscow
Intercession Monastery in Suzdal
Polistovsky Reserve
Museum of Science and Industry
Village Yantarny
Pribaikalsky National Park
Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve
Priory Palace
Prirazlomnaya
Pskov-Pechersky Monastery
Pskov Kremlin
Pulkovo Observatory
Putorana Nature Reserve
Pushkinskie Gory
Pushkin Museum
Pshada

Ramon
Volga river
Dnepr River
Deposition of Robe Monastery
The Motherland is calling
Rosa Khutor
Romanov Museum
Russian State Library
Rostov Boris and Gleb Monastery
Rostov Zoo
Rostov Kremlin
Rostokinsky aqueduct
Russian Gate in Anapa
Russian Bridge
Fishing village
Rurik's Settlement

WITH

Blognier Garden
Hermitage Garden
Samarskaya Luka
St. Petersburg Mint
Saratov Theater
Sakhalin
Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve
Holy Bogolyubsky Convent
Holy Vvedensky Monastery
St. Tikhon's Transfiguration Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery
Sebezhsky National Park
Northern River Station
Seliger
Paris village
Fedoskino village
Village Khrenovoe
Senate square
Serebryany Bor
Siberia
Simeiz
Kiselev's Rock
Rock Sail
Skelskaya cave
Sculpture Park "Legend"
Smolensk Kremlin
Smolensk Church
Smolensk Cathedral in Belgorod
Smolensk Assumption Cathedral
Smolensk Poozerie
Smolny
Smolny Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Petrozavodsk
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Council-Kwaje
Sundial in Belgorod
Solovetsky Islands
Solovetsky Monastery
St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
Savior on Spilled Blood
Spas-Ugol
Spaso-Vlaherna Monastery
Monastery of Saint Euthymius
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery
Spasskoye-Lutovinovo
Fisht Stadium
Stanitsa Golubitskaya
Old Tatar settlement
Old park in Kabardinka
Strelka in Yaroslavl
Stroganov Palace
Sugomak cave
Suzdal Kremlin
Sukko

Tauride Palace
Taimyr Nature Reserve
Talashkino
Talezh
Talovskie Bowls
Taman Peninsula
Tanais
Dancing Forest
Tarkhankut
Sovremennik Theater
Vakhtangov Theater
Pushkin Theater
Lenkom Theater
Taganka Theater
Opera and Ballet Theater in Novosibirsk
Satire Theater
Theater School of Contemporary Play
Teberdinsky Reserve
Tersky stud farm
Yew-boxwood grove
Tobolsk Kremlin
Tolshevsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Tomsk writing
Tomsk Theater
Tregulyai
Tretyakov Gallery
Triumphal Arch in Moscow
Trinity-Sergius Lavra
Toilet on Gazetny
Tula Kremlin
Tula Museum of Fine Arts
Tula Exotarium
Tunguska Reserve
Tunkinskaya Valley
Tyufeleva Grove

Bauman Street
Universitetskaya embankment
Ural Mountains
Abramtsevo Estate
Arkhangelskoye Estate
Borki Estate
Vinogradovo Estate
Voronovo Estate
Gorenki Estate
Dubrovitsy Estate
Zakharovo Estate
Kuzminki Estate
Kuskovo Estate
Marfino Estate
Mikhailovskoye Estate
Muranovo Estate
Olgovo Estate
Estate Polenovo
Rachmaninoff Estate
Serednikovo Estate
Sukhanovo Estate
Khmelita Estate
Shakhmatovo Estate
Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir
Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin
Ust-Lena Reserve
Uyazy-Tau

Factory "Red October"
Phanagoria
Feodorovsky Cathedral
Ferchampenoise
Philharmonic in Pskov
Philharmonic in St. Petersburg
Finnish theater in Petrozavodsk
Fountain of Krasnodar
Fontanka
Fort Constantine
Funicular in Vladivostok

Khan's Palace
Husky center Aquilon
Chersonese Tauride
Khopersky Reserve
Khokhlovka
Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Basil's Church
Temple of all religions
Cathedral of Christ the Savior
Temple on blood

Tsaritsyno
Tsaritsyn Palace
Royal Kurgan
Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
The Tsar Bell
Tsar Cannon
Central House of Artists
Tseyskoye Gorge
Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art
Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography
Central embankment of Volgograd
Central Naval Museum
Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War
White Trinity Church
Church of the Resurrection on Debra
Church of Elijah the Prophet
Church of John the Baptist
Church of the Intercession on the Nerl
Surb Khach Church
Church of Fyodor Stratilates on the Stream
Circus in Yekaterinburg
Circus in Yaroslavl
TSUM

Vyborg Clock Tower
Chemitokwaje
Chernigov monastery
Black Sea
Black Sea
Devil's settlement in Yelabuga
Chkalov staircase
Lake Peipsi
Chukchi Sea
Plague Fort

Shalakhovskoye Reservoir
Shepsi
Wide Beam
Shuvalovsky Palace
Jester's stone
Shukhov Tower

SCH

Shchelykovo
Shchudrovskaya tent

Elbrus
Hermitage in St. Petersburg
Ethnoworld

South Ural Nature Reserve
Yusupov Palace

Anchor slot
Yakutia
Japanese Sea
Yaroslavl Drama Theater named after Volkov
Yaroslavl Zoo
Yasnaya Polyana

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St Basil's Church

St. Basil's Cathedral is considered one of the main symbols not only of Moscow, but of all of Russia...

Moscow

Cathedral of Christ the Savior

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior is the cathedral church of the Russian Orthodox Church, the main temple of Russia...

Moscow

Savior on Spilled Blood

The Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful and magnificent cathedrals not only in the city...

Saint Petersburg

Ivan the Great belltower

Bell tower of Ivan the Great (bell tower “Ivan the Great”), decorating Cathedral Square…

Moscow

Temple on blood

The Church on the Blood, one of the largest in Yekaterinburg, is a modern monumental cult...

Ekaterinburg

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl

The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl was erected under Andrei Bogolyubek in 1165 not far from Bogolyubovo in…

Church of John the Baptist

The Church of John the Baptist near Bor is an architectural complex in Zamoskvorechye, in the center of Moscow...

Moscow

Church of Elijah the Prophet

The Church of Elijah the Prophet is an elegant snow-white temple located in the center of Yaroslavl, on Sovetskaya…

Yaroslavl

Temple of all religions

The Temple of All Religions, one of the most unique attractions in Russia, is located in the village…

Kazan

Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in Moscow, on Krasnoarmeyskaya street, 2….

Moscow

Church of Fyodor Stratilates on the Stream

The Church of Fyodor Stratilates on the Stream is located in Veliky Novgorod, at the crossroads of…

Velikiy Novgorod

Smolensk Church

The Smolensk Church is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in St. Petersburg, located on…

Saint Petersburg

Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni

The Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni is the largest Buddhist temple in the Republic of Kalmykia. It rises in…

Elista

Nikitskaya Church in Vladimir

Nikitskaya Church is located in the city of Vladimir on Knyagininskaya Street. Erected in 1762-1765...

Vladimir

Church of the Resurrection on Debra

Church of the Resurrection on Debra is an Orthodox church in Kostroma. This is the only one preserved in…

Kostroma

Surb Khach Church

Surb Khach Church is an Armenian church located in Rostov-on-Don, on Bagramyan Street. She…

Rostov-on-Don

White Trinity Church

The White Trinity Church is one of the oldest churches in the Tver region and the oldest stone…

Tver

Nikolo-Embankment Church

St. Nicholas Embankment Church is an ancient Orthodox church located on the high terrace of the left…

Moore

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